William Grayson

William Grayson (1740-12 March 1790) was a US Senator from Virginia from 4 March 1789 to 12 March 1790, preceding John Walker.

Biography
William Grayson was born in Prince William County, Virginia in 1740, and he practiced law in his home county. He served as an aide-de-camp to George Washington during the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army. In 1781, he returned to Dumfries to practice law, and he served as a delegate to Congress from 1785 to 1787. He became a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, and he opposed the ratification of the US Constitution, as it was neither strong enough for a national government nor decentralized enough for a federal one. He served as one of Virginia's two inaugural US Senators from 1789 until his death in office in 1790.